New Delhi: Rain helps clean the air Delhi, with an air quality index (AQI) increasing from 389 in the ‘very poor’ category on Wednesday to 258 in the ‘Poor’ category on Thursday.
The city is likely to receive a very light rain on the Friday and India Department of Meteorology (IMD) has issued a ‘yellow’ warning for Saturday due to medium to medium rain and the Gusty wind expected.
The IMD data shows that Safdarjung, which is a city base station, received 9.2mm rainfall until 8:30 a.m.
on Thursday.
The bathroom also lowered the maximum temperature for this season to 15.7 degrees Celsius on Wednesday.
RK Jenamani, senior scientist at the IMD, said, “The most active western disorder since November last year will have an impact on the region from Friday night to Sunday.
Under the influence, this city tends to accept light to moderate rain on Saturday.
The temperature of the day is predicted to witness The decline on Saturdays and the maximum temperature may be lower than Wednesday.
Gusty wind with a speed of 30-40 kmph expected on the same day.
“Scientists add a minimum temperature likely to drop between January 10 and January 14.
Track the level of pollution in Cityon on Thursday, the maximum temperature is recorded at 21.1 degrees Celsius, two degrees above normal.
The minimum temperature was reported at 11.7 degrees Celsius, five notches above normal.
Air quality, meanwhile, is expected to increase further on Saturdays due to rain and gusty winds.
Air Quality and Weather Forecasting Systems and Research (Safar), the forecasting agency under the Ministry of Earth, said, “Aqi has risen on Thursday for the ‘poor’ category because of the intermittent rain spell Wednesday, causing deposition of wet particles.
Aqi tends to be ‘poor ‘Or at the lower end of’ very poor ‘on Friday.
“Safar increasingly predicts rain with high wind speed on Saturdays that will increase AQI to the end of the’ poor ‘or’ moderate ‘category.
“From Sunday, the air quality is likely to deteriorate due to gradual decline in maximum and minimum temperatures and wind speeds, all contribute to low pollutant dispersion,” he said.